Catherine Cando, a 19-year-old Ecuadorian model who was crowned the Queen of Durán last fall, died during a liposuction surgery that she won with her title. She was studying medicine at the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil. » 1/14/15 12:15pm 1/14/15 12:15pm

Some changes are coming in the world of beauty pageants. » 12/21/14 11:10pm 12/21/14 11:10pm

A 2014 Miss World contestant has been reported missing days before the start of the pageant. » 11/17/14 12:30pm 11/17/14 12:30pm

A Burmese beauty queen was stripped of her title of Miss Asia Pacific World after pageant officials in Seoul found her "rude" for not wanting the plastic surgery they tried to force on her. So she skipped town with her $100,000 jeweled crown. » 8/29/14 12:30pm 8/29/14 12:30pm

How young is too young for lipstick and tiaras, really? An Indiana mother entered her adorable 2-year-old daughter in an upcoming kiddie pageant and now her neighbors are calling for her head. » 7/31/14 10:20am 7/31/14 10:20am

There is actually a product that beauty pageant contestants wear on their genitalia to prevent camel toe during the swimsuit portion of the competition so they can achieve the smooth, anatomical incorrectness of Barbie's mon pubis. It's called a Cuchini. » 7/21/14 1:20pm 7/21/14 1:20pm

A glittery shitstorm is going down in Delaware, where a beauty queen was essentially fired because she’s geriatric — at 24. » 6/27/14 10:40am 6/27/14 10:40am

A Thai beauty queen has given up her crown in response to criticism over Facebook posts she made about her country's politics. » 6/11/14 9:40am 6/11/14 9:40am

A "Miss Congeniality" winner in Lewis County, Washington is accused to stealing makeup at Walmart in the days before her pageant appearance. » 3/17/14 9:40am 3/17/14 9:40am

When Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera was arrested this weekend, he left behind twin daughters with matching pink suitcases and a wife who, like the wives of many crime bosses who came before her, was once a Mexican beauty queen in the Sinaloa. » 2/26/14 7:00pm 2/26/14 7:00pm

In the clip above, 2013 Miss Venezuela First Runner-Up Wi May Nava describes the plastic surgery she underwent to compete in pageants (boob and nose jobs). She also talks about the piece of mesh that she has sewn to her tongue so that she can't eat solid foods (this description, btw, took place before she won her… » 2/06/14 8:55pm 2/06/14 8:55pm

Apparently the National Costume Competition of the Miss Universe Pageant is largely a crash course in cultural stereotypes. While some contestants donned more traditional clothing from their home countries, others created extravagant costumes roughly inspired by their heritage. And Miss USA showcased two of the most… » 11/04/13 2:20pm 11/04/13 2:20pm

Child beauty pageants are fucked up enough without adding a weird racial dimension to them, but if you're going to be terrible, you might as well be all-the-way terrible, right? The Little Miss Hispanic Delaware pageant — which exists because apparently the world doesn't mess with little girls' brains enough as-is —… » 10/23/13 2:40pm 10/23/13 2:40pm

The Miss World pageant, being held in Indonesia this year, is supposed to about smiling beauty queens. But thanks to the Islamic Defenders Front, things are getting ugly. » 9/27/13 1:40pm 9/27/13 1:40pm